For an explanation of this data viz, I’m using the format at beginning of each of the Tableau Software training module: “Let’s say you have construction happening in your state, and you want to know budget amounts and project durations in certain counties…”
I’m fairly happy with this dashboard as it breaks out different market segments and — by extension — allows us to see comparisons of project management done in house (projects with no CM) vs. projects with a CM as agent. For the uninitiate this means: the ‘agent’ portion is a Construction Management (CM) firm which operates on…
We have arrived my friends! It’s spooky season!! For one weekend of the year, the entire country takes their costumes off and we get to see who they really are on the inside…
Or is that the other way around…
In any case, one of the most frightening things in data visualization is a bland chart. You never want something drab or uninteresting telling your story for your client, your boss, your family member… for whomever you’re designing this chart, really, because you want to make sure that 1) the message gets across, and 2) everyone has a little fun…
This is to be a celebration of successes and accomplishments, advancements and springboards forward. depending on your belief in where the decade starts and ends, there could be a bit of dithering about where the bookends should be. In an attempt to include as many stakeholders as possible, I’ll reach back into 2009 for one key event and then throttle forward.
He’s more machine now than man…
Pain is one of the most life changing experiences in life. After experiencing a level of pain that would have flatly incapacitated most for more years than necessary, the final, third orthopedist who examined me finally decided to x-ray…
Last night, attending the general meeting of my local Democratic organization, I had the opportunity to hear from a group of the candidates who were running to occupy retiring legend Nita Lowery’s seat in #NYS #CD17. I’m including photos and my quick shot opinions of each, and — even though we know the outcome of the endorsement vote (Congrats David Buchwald !!)- the ongoing conversation around the current issues is critical.
Once again, the following are *OPINIONS*
Evelyn Farkas — leaned heavily on her foreign policy experience and growing up up-county of modest means. While her expertise in Ukraine and…
Digging into some of the Bureau of Labor Statistics data in advance of the Workforce Report. While transportation and logistics eked out a major bump over the past month, the 16,000 added positions were a middling range compared to several other sectors:
1) Leading the pack with a ~ 39,000 increase, unsurprisingly: healthcare
2) Coming in just under that, absorbing 34,000 new hires: professional services [for reference, project management would fit in here]
3) Hanging on in the top five, with a 22,000 person net increase in hiring over last month was Government across all three levels (Federal, State, and…
News flashes abounded this week after not only the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, but the LinkedIn Workforce Report showed interesting fluctuations in hiring trends. Despite the job creation expectation not reaching its projections, notable shifts in the industry arenas where hiring was strongest are glaringly high contrast.
Parallel to the jobs data announcement, a graffiti spray of articles leapt across screens decrying the need for 120 Million workers globally in the world’s 12 largest economies needing retraining due to the infiltration of #AI into the workforce. That’s right dear readers: the robots are coming for your jobs. …
In my earliest Medium story, I spoke about my remembrance of my grandparents’ service as members of the Greatest Generation. I grew up hearing stories of the experiences these two ancestors had in the China-Burma-India Theater, my grandmother as a M.A.S.H. nurse (and officer) and my grandfather as a 1st Sergeant with the Army Corps of Engineers as they built the Ledo Road. It’s where I absorbed my earliest techniques for storytelling for leadership, not to mention cooking marinara sauce and meatballs.
Military is something of a family affair: my grandmother’s two brothers were also enlisted men, and my uncle…
PMI recently experienced a transition at the apex of its power structure, and so, this may be as good a time as any to address the topic. “Leadership” is complex. Styles of leadership range broadly, and an interminable fight rages regarding opinions on “good” versus “bad” leadership. Infrequently does the question arise until we are vexed overwhelmingly by crises of leadership by which time it is far too late to be recursive and reflective, many situations requiring crisis management. …
The current State of Emergency declared by Governor Cuomo for New York City’s transit system is a serious problem for every business in this great city. With 6 million daily riders dependent on our system, it must function reliably to maintain New York as the leading business center in the world. Assigning Joe Lhota as the new chairman and providing $1B in new funding opens many opportunities to improve system performance. The MTA will need to address critical gaps in operability, maintenance, finance, staffing, and service, as well as correct current deficiencies system-wide.
As a suggestion, given that the MTA…
The tech talent gap has everyone worried. Whether or not it’s real or fake has been answered by companies’ insistence that not being able to hire and retain the correct talent will cause organizations to offshore projects after shelving them for excessive amounts of time. CIOs have intoned that in order to remain competitive in talent acquisition, “[w]e’re having to offer top benefits […] to compete.”
The pathway here was a sport touring adventure through a series of unfortunate events. AI implementation in hiring practices carrying built-in biases, H1-B visa policies making it more difficult to bring in trained talent…
David Brezler
Leadership is hard. If it was easy, everyone would do it.
